Harsha Bhogle makes a bold claim about Shikhar Dhawan's Test career after his failures in England

Shikhar Dhawan's failures in the ongoing Test series against England has resulted in criticism for him from many prominent names. The latest Harsha Bhogle, who has made a bold claim about Dhawan's Test career.

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Indian batsmen have not had the best of outings in the ongoing Test series against England. Except for KL Rahul's century in the final 5th Test at the Oval, the openers have failed to deliver against the likes of James Anderson and Stuart Broad, inviting criticism from cricket experts and former greats. The latest to join the bandwagon is Harsha Bhogle who has made a bold prediction about Shikhar Dhawan's future in red-ball cricket.

Dhawan has been largely ineffective in handling the pace and swing on the unpredictable English tracks, and his paltry 162 runs in four Test matches is a testament to the fact. The southpaw yet again failed to get going in India's second innings at the Oval, getting dismissed on 1 by James Anderson. His campaign was finished abysmally with the left-hander managing scores of 3 and 1 respectively in the two innings at the Oval.

India will play West Indies next month in a full-fledged series consisting of two Tests, five ODIs and three T20Is. And Bhogle feels Dhawan will fail to make the cut in the squad for the Tests.

“Dhawan has gone on a few tours but hasn’t performed as per expectations. It was his attitude, the two little cameos he played at Trent Bridge that kept him alive. I’m not sure that he has it in him to come back again because I don’t see him holding his spot for the two Tests against the Windies because India will want to pick the openers they want to see in Australia,” Bhogle said in his post-match analysis on Cricbuzz.

Dhawan started the series on a disappointing note with scores of 21 and 13 in the first Test at Edgbaston. He was later dropped for the second Test but later returned in the third Test after Murali Vijay was dropped owing to his poor show in the first two Tests. At the Oval, India were chasing a huge target of 464 runs and were expecting a healthy start from the openers but Dhawan was sent back after facing just six deliveries.

Bhogle said during the fourth day's play when India came out to bat, Dhawan was fighting to save his Test career, unlike Rahul who has the age on his side. “Late on the fourth evening, when Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul came out to open the batting for India in a sense that their first target was to play out 18 overs and try and ensure that the game was saved. But also, they were playing for their career, more so with Dhawan. He was actually playing for his place more than Rahul was as the latter has age on his side,” he said.

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